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Murder charges reduced after two plea guilty
NASHVILLE - Louis T. Speight and Travoy L. Garrett pleaded guilty in Superior Court last Monday to murdering a Castalia man in a robbery attempt.
In exchange for their guilty pleas, charges were reduced to second degree murder. Both were also charged with armed robbery. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
N-RMS settles grade split plan
NASHVILLE — Next school year, Red Oak and Winstead Avenue elementary schools will offer grades K-2, and Swift Creek and Englewood will offer grades 3-5. At their work session Monday night, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) Board unanimously approved Superintendent Rick McMahon's reorganization plan for these schools and placed it on their agenda for an official vote on April 2. More ...
By Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent - 1 opinion posted |
SEA MURAL
Daphene Crisafulli, of Red Oak, paints an underwater mural at Paradise Salon in Nashville. Crisafulli is a local artist who does custom paintings for both homes and businesses. Crisafulli painted several murals at the salon to give the business a marine atmosphere.(Graphic photo by Amanda Clark) More ...
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Stanhope residents offered county regional water plan
STANHOPE - Nash County residents in the Stanhope community will have until April 4 to sign up for the county's regional water system. The area was added after the Town of Spring Hope opted out of hooking up to the county system. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Nashville man steals gas truck
NASHVILLE - A Nashville man was arrested after allegedly stealing a gas truck and wrecking it.
According to Lt. Pat Joyner of the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Marcus Allen Reynolds, 36, of Reams Road in Nashville, was looking for a ride home last Tuesday when he went into a Ferrell Gas storage lot off Old County Home Road and stole a gas trucking, driving it through a fence. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Dog owner found guilty of violating town ordinance
NASHVILLE - Adele Downey Maynard was found guilty of violating the Town of Nashville's noise ordinance and its number of dogs ordinance during a trial last week.
The trial was held in District Court March 13, with Judge Robert Evans presiding. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer - 7 opinions posted |
Man dies in auto accident
A single-vehicle accident left a Raleigh man dead and another injured after a pickup truck ran off the road and into a tree.
Twenty-six-year-old Johnnie Junior Bass, 26, of Raleigh was traveling south on Taylor's Store Road Friday morning when his pick-up truck ran off the road and struck a tree. More ...
By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Authorities nab shoplifter
A 31-year-old woman was apprehended last week and charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering after a tip from Twin County Crime Stoppers led authories to her.
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By Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer |
Horse protection course offered
A three-day course designed to give animal cruelty investigators information on acceptable treatment of horses will be held May 7-9 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The early registration deadline for the course is April 1. More ...
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School board approves $29 million budget for 2007-08
NASHVILLE — The Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (N-RMS) board unanimously approved the 2007-08 current expense and capital outlay budgets as presented by N-RMS Finance Officer Susan Blackwell in their work session Monday night and will make an official vote on it at their next meeting. With continuation and expansion, the recommended local current expense budget totals $26,740,337, which is $859,653 less than last year. The proposed capital outlay budget totals $2,089,041, up $83,000 from last year. More ...
By Michele A. Cruz, Graphic Correspondent - 1 opinion posted |
Jabberwock 2007 is set for Sunday afternoon
The Rocky Mount Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. will present 20 young women in its 34th Jabberwock. Featured in the finale will be these girls displaying their talents in song, dance and drama. The highlights of this event will be the crowning of one of these girls as "Miss Jabberwock." More ...
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A few birthdays led me to love Bluegrass
t always seems to happen this time of year.
Just as winter starts to break, we get a glimpse of spring and my birthday pops up on the horizon, I get a couple of big signals that I am getting old.
Of course, I always say there's only one alternative to getting old, so none of you who happen to be alive at the time you read this column should complain. And in my case, I've not even gotten to the age where people put up the "Lordy, Lordy" signs. More ...
Mike Brantley |
Goodbye my friend, I'll miss you for a lifetime
Life comes and goes, just like that, and you're left wondering what just hit you.
Last Monday night, I received a phone call that will inevitably change my life. My best friend, who was only 26 years old, was dead. More ...
Amanda Clark |
Shifts in Nash County's agriculture business
Nash agriculture is healthy! Increased energy costs and commodity prices are pushing this industry to reposition itself.
Our local tobacco acreage has expanded 48 percent since deregulation replaced the old quota and price support system in 2005. Better known as the tobacco quota buyout, deregulation caused a significant reduction in leaf prices, making Nash tobacco even more sought after. More ...
Special to the Graphic / By Charlie Tyson, County Extension Director |
Settle For 2nd
FRANKLINTON - Pardon Nash Central for wanting a little more than a second-place finish from the 2007 Brassfield Commercial Shamrock Classic Girls Soccer Tournament.
Certainly, the Lady Bulldogs were thrilled to earn a runner-up bowl -- the first time Central's girls soccer squad has ever claimed a prize for a strong conference or tournament finish. More ...
By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter |
All-league honorees in NEW-6
ROCKY MOUNT - SouthWest Edgecombe's girls basketball team did the NEW 6 3-A Conference proud with its run to the NCHSAA 3-A state championship game.
But with the end of the Lady Cougars' season came the end of the basketball action for the Twin County area. Once the season ends, All-Conference basketball teams are released, and Nash County was well represented on the league's most honored squads. More ...
By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent |
Quick NEW Start
RED OAK - Northern Nash's strong start to the 2007 girls soccer season has continued into NEW-6 Conference action.
Monday at home, the Lady Knights rolled to a 6-0 decision over winless league rival Southern Nash.
Joe McCarthy's Northern Nash club controlled play in the first half, but was only able to send home a pair of goals. More ...
By Geoff Neville, Graphic Sportswriter |
ECSU set to host a FB clinic
ELIZABETH CITY - The Elizabeth City State University football coaching staff will host its annual spring coaches' clinic March 24 at 9 a.m.
The clinic will be held in conjunction with ECU's spring football practice and will be held at the Caldwell Fieldhouse on the ECSU campus. More ...
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ECU Pirates roll past Wolverines
GREENVILLE - Shane Mathews struck out seven of the 11 batters he faced in 2 2/3 innings and picked up his first win of the season as No. 25 East Carolina completed the doubleheader sweep of Michigan 3-2 in 12 innings last Saturday inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. More ...
From Staff Reports |
Pearce propels Central to win
WILSON - Nash Central baseball fans have been waiting for junior Alex Pearce to break out.
He gave signs last Tuesday that he might be on the verge of doing just that. More ...
By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent |
RMA outlasts Fayetteville
ROCKY MOUNT - One thing was certain recently when Fayetteville Academy traveled to Rocky Mount Academy for an afternoon high school baseball game.
That certainty was that the Eagles would claim a win. More ...
By Mike Williams, Graphic Correspondent |
Bulldogs to play in Tarboro Easter Classic
TARBORO - When the heavenly smell of grilled hamburgers with onions drift sin the spring night air over Municipal Stadium for four straight nights, you know what time of the year it is. More ...
By Charles Alston, Graphic Correspondent |
NANNIE MARIE HOWELL ALSTON
NASHVILLE – Nannie Marie Howell Alston, 76, died Thursday, March 15, 2007. A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 23, at 1 p.m. at the Bunn Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Homes officiating. Burial will follow in the Howell family cemetery. More ...
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BARBARA CHILDERS
ROCKY MOUNT – Barbara Childers, 73, died Monday, March 12, 2007. A graveside service was held March 17 at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. More ...
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FREEMAN OWENS
ROCKY MOUNT – Freeman Wayne Owens, 64, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007. A funeral service was held March 16 at Fellowship of Praise with the Rev. Dalton Coppedge officiating. Burial followed at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. More ...
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MIGUEL RIVAS
CASTALIA – Miguel Roman Rivas, 46, died Thursday, March 15, 2007. Visitation was held March 19 at Cornerstone Funeral Home. More ...
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PAUL JOYNER
SANDY CROSS – Paul Joyner, 91, died Saturday, March 17, 2007. A graveside service was held March 20 at Forest Hill Cemetery of Nashville with the Rev. Judson Dunlap officiating. More ...
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CARL ERNEST JACOBS
NASHVILLE - Carl Ernest Jacobs, 81 died Wednesday, March 14, 2007. He was born in Waco, Texas, January 21, 1926 son of the late Ernest Jacobs and Annie Baines Jacobs. More ...
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LEROY MURRAY
ROCKY MOUNT - Leroy Murray, 86, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and loved ones on Friday, March 16, 2007. He was born March 3, 1921 in Nash County, son of Matthew Andrew and Elizabeth Savage Murray. Leroy was a retired postal clerk and an avid golfer until he became disabled with Parkinson's disease. Leroy served in the US Army Air Force during World War II flying fifty missions over Europe in a B 17 Flying Fortress. Leroy was also a faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church, active until his illness confined him to his home.
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